LEO Professional Learning Newsletter
Thursday 9th November 2023
Autumn Term - Issue 4
LEO Professional Learning Opportunities 2023-2024
LEO Professional Learning Opportunities 2023-2024
There are lots of professional development opportunities on offer for 2023-2024.
Take a look at our new LEO Professional Learning Brochure here which contains the dates and times of upcoming training sessions.
Outstanding Teacher Programme
Classroom practitioners will gain a deeper understanding of the latest innovative pedagogy and develop the knowledge, skills and behaviours to make a significant impact on their pupils and inspire others to become outstanding practitioners within a coaching culture.
The dates for this programme are as follows:
Tuesday 21st November - 9:30am-11:30am - Cheam Park Farm (KS2) Community Room
Wednesday 29th November - 3.00pm - 5.00pm - Online
Tuesday 5th December -9:30am-11:30am - Cheam Park Farm (KS2) Community Room
Wednesday 10th January -3.00pm - 5.00pm - Online
Tuesday 16th January -9:30am-11:30am - Cheam Park Farm (KS2) Community Room
Tuesday 6th February - 9.30am-11.30am - - Cheam Park Farm (KS2) Community Room
Click here to book your place.
Outstanding Leadership in Education Programme
The programme recognises that all people are leaders, and that developing leadership ensures that well balanced challenge and support creates impact. You will engage with evidence-informed leadership pedagogy to discover how to lead and manage individuals, classes, teams, and projects more effectively for greater impact.
The dates for this programme are as follows:
Thursday 9th November - 2pm - 4.30pm - LEO Training Room, Cheam Common Junior Academy
Thursday 23rd November - 2pm - 4.30pm - LEO Academy Trust Central Offices, 314 Malden Rd, Sutton SM3 8EQ
Thursday 7th December - 2pm - 4.30pm - LEO Academy Trust Central Offices, 314 Malden Rd, Sutton SM3 8EQ
Thursday 11th January - 2pm - 4.30pm - LEO Academy Trust Central Offices, 314 Malden Rd, Sutton SM3 8EQ
Thursday 25th January - 2pm - 4.30pm - LEO Training Room, Cheam Common Junior Academy
Thursday 8th February - 2pm - 4.30pm - LEO Academy Trust Central Offices, 314 Malden Rd, Sutton SM3 8EQ
Led by: Alison Day, Executive Principal, Catherine Lester, Executive Principal, Graham Macaulay, Director of Innovation and Growth
Click here to book your place.
Senior Outstanding Leadership in Education Programme
The best senior leaders have an aspirational vision and know how to balance challenge and support, successfully overcoming complex barriers to achieve significant and sustainable impact. The programme will provide greater clarity, grow confidence, and develop competence of senior leaders, enabling strategic reflection on organisational improvement.
The dates for this programme are as follows:
Thursday 16th November - 2pm - 5.00pm - LEO Academy Trust Central Offices, 314 Malden Rd, Sutton SM3 8EQ
Thursday 30th November - 2pm - 5.00pm - LEO Academy Trust Central Offices, 314 Malden Rd, Sutton SM3 8EQ
Thursday 18th January - 2pm - 5.00pm - LEO Academy Trust Central Offices, 314 Malden Rd, Sutton SM3 8EQ
Thursday 1st February - 2pm - 5.00pm - LEO Training Room, Cheam Common Junior Academy
Thursday 22nd February - 2pm - 5.00pm - LEO Academy Trust Central Offices, 314 Malden Rd, Sutton SM3 8EQ
Thursday 7th March - 2pm - 5.00pm - LEO Academy Trust Central Offices, 314 Malden Rd, Sutton SM3 8EQ
Click here to book your place.
Professional Learning Spotlight
LEO Conference 2023
Thank you to everyone who helped to make #LEOConference23 a huge success. Brilliant speakers, superb participation from all staff, academy committee members & trustees and the publication of the executive summary of our LEO #PedTech Impact Report.
Curriculum Network Learning Community Meetings
Subject Leaders across @LEOacademies joined together today for the Autumn Curriculum Network Learning Community Meetings.
A wonderful opportunity to discuss assessment across the curriculum:
Sharing current practice
Exploring the evidence
Discussing next steps
Thank you to our wonderful NLC Leads for facilitating these sessions.
System Leaders Development Programme
Senior Leaders from across the Trust enjoyed the next session of the System Leaders Programme.
This session focused on managing risk and was led by Shan Moylan, COO and Diane Rowsome, Director of Governance and Compliance.
Lots of rich discussions taking place.
Early Career Teacher Subject Specific Training
Second year ECTs from across LEO Academy Trust and Sutton Education Trust joined together for a subject specific professional learning session focused on Computing and Digital Skills.
The group explored coding strategies and how to use technology to support feedback & assessment.
Thank you to Mrs Cheryl Shirley, Director of Comptuing and Digital Skills for a great session.
Early Career Teacher Subject Specific Training
First year ECTs from across LEO Academy Trust and Sutton Education Trust joined together for a subject specific professional learning session focused on maths.
This session focused on the following areas:
Develop an understanding of how maths is sequenced in the Early Years Framework and National Curriculum
Consider how to deliver a carefully sequenced and coherent curriculum.
Learn how to develop children's skills to use and apply maths in a variety of contexts
Explore different types of fluency & understand the importance of practice and the development of automaticity
Share and discuss effective resources for teaching maths.
Observe maths learning in action from Nursery to Year 2 by taking part in a maths learning walk
Thank you to Beddington Infants for hosting this training and to Nicola Smith, Deputy Headteacher Beddington Infants & Natasha Dolling, LEO Director of Maths for facilitating.
Publications, Vlogs, Blogs and News
Books as rocket fuel
Greenshaw Research School - Matthew Courtney
As the Education Endowment Foundation’s (EEF) Literacy Guidance Reports for both Early Years and Key Stage 1 remind us, ‘languages provides the foundation of thinking and should be prioritised’.
The first recommendation of all three EEF Guidance Reports for primary-aged children, focuses on developing children’s language capabilities.
Within these reports, both explicit and implicit approaches that teachers can use to support children’s language development are described. Several of these strategies recommended involve using books, and with good reason.
Click here to find out more.
The EY Curriculum - A focus on communication and language (Part 3)
By Ofsted
This is part 3 in our series of short webinars about the early years curriculum with a focus on communication and language. In this video, Phil Minns (Senior HMI, Curriculum) and Sam Sleeman-Boss (Quality and Practice Lead, Early Education) discuss the ways that children make progress through knowing and remembering more.
Click here to find out more.
Evidence Snacks
By Peps McCrea
One of the main goals of school is to build meaningful learning. But what is it? And how do we achieve this?
The short answer (popularised by David Ausubel) is that making learning meaningful is largely the result of building connections with what we already know. The more connections we forge, the deeper our understanding and the more durable our memory. The opposite of meaningful learning occurs when we learn things by rote and build isolated islands of knowledge.
Click here to find out more.
EEF blog: Leveraging learning behaviours: maximising opportunties for all pupils
By Freya Morrissey
Content Specialist for Learning Behaviours
It’s early afternoon and the class has, finally, settled. Jon and Chris have stopped prodding each other with their pens, Alex and Grace have ceased gossiping about whatever happened at lunchtime, and Chloe is no longer shouting out. Mischief has successfully been managed and everyone can get on with their work.
But across the classroom, very quietly, something is up with Alex.
Over the next fifteen minutes, under the radar, he achieves nothing except some innovative graffiti on his pencil case.
Click here to read more.
How we help students develop metacognition: Learning how to learn
By Inner Drive
You may have heard a lot about Metacognition in education in recent years, but how confident are you that you know what it is? And even then, how do you actually go about helping students develop metacognition?
There are many strategies you can employ to cultivate Metacognition in your classroom. Our work with thousands of students over the years has helped inform our Metacognition student workshops on this very question. In this blog, we will cover:
What is Metacognition?
Why is Metacognition important in education?
3 strategies to develop Metacognition in your classroom
Click here to read more.
External CPD Opportunities
Improving Literacy
Join Greenshaw Research School this half term as we focus on Improving Literacy.
Our free sessions explore:
Session 2 – Evidence overview: Primary literacy. With Matt Courtney and Rosie Ellery.
Date: Monday 20 November. 3.45 – 4.45pm. Attendees: Primary leaders with responsibility for literacy.
Click here to find out more.
Literacy in Year 2: Supporting your pupils beyond phonics
Tuesday 14th November: 3.45pm-4.30pm
Your Year 2 pupils have finished their core phonics learning – so what’s next?
Join us on Tuesday 14 November at 3:45pm for a brand-new webinar that explores the key literacy skills children should be developing in Year 2 and how Pearson can support you in delivering the requirements of the Reading Framework in this important year group.
The webinar will:
explore the key reading skills to develop in Year 2
give practical advice on how you can support every pupil to develop their fluency, comprehension and book talk
delve into how to foster a Reading for Pleasure culture in your school
look at how you can help pupils who have not yet mastered phonics to catch up quickly
explore how you can cover the spelling requirements of the National Curriculum in Year 2.
Click here to find out more.
Creating a Culture of Staff Wellbeing in your School or Trust
Episode 1: ‘When teachers thrive, children succeed – creating a culture of staff wellbeing in your school or trust’ is taking place on Thursday 23rd November from 4pm – 5pm with special guest Jane Kennedy, Lead Advisor Professional Learning, Education Durham
Click here to find out more.
Building confidence and desire in struggling readers at Key Stage 2
When: Tue, Nov 14, 2023 · 4:00 PM ·
About this webinar
Some children enter KS2 lacking age-appropriate reading skills, and this results in issues beyond the acquisition of abilities. Frequently, several years of knowing that they are falling behind results in an understandably negative view of reading; this may be compounded by exposure to reading support material that looks and feels 'babyish'. This session will aim to address as many of these compounded issues as possible, with practical solutions and ideas for classroom practice and extra-curricular reading.
Everyone registered will receive the recording. If you're unable to attend on the day you will be able to watch on-demand later.
Click here to find out more.
Maths Hubs Newsletter
At the London South West Maths Hub, we are so excited about the year ahead. There are many opportunities on offer this year for teachers and leaders in schools and colleges across South West London. As always, everything we offer is absolutely FREE of charge for state-funded schools and colleges! Please have a look and share with colleagues. If you are interested, get booking now to secure your place! Our 2023/2024 Professional Development offer has something for everyone.
Click here to find out more.
WWF Training Courses
There are lots of free training courses available on the WWF website.
Climate Change and Climate System
ESD: Driving change towards sustainable schools
Click here to find out more.
LGFL School Staff Training
LGfL in school support, training and conference events are integral parts of the LGfL Energise curriculum service provided at no extra charge for schools.
Click here to see the training opportunities that are on offer.
Free short online course: Learning for a Sustainable Future
Join a personal and professional global learning journey towards a sustainable future. What on Earth could be more important?
Click here to find out more.
Becoming a Google Certified Coach
A Google Certified Coach is someone who is :
→ Eager to support educators
→ Wanting to drive impactful technology into classrooms
→ Looking to learn research-proven strategies & skills
Does this sound like you?
Click here to find out more.
On-demand training at your fingertips
View the Google on-demand series of webinars designed to help schools and educators in the UK and Ireland get the most out of Google Workspace for Education and Chromebooks.
Whether you are an educator, Senior Leadership or IT Administrator you can find a session to suit you.
Click here to find out more.
Adobe Professional Development Courses
Find out all about the free professional learning opportunities on offer from Adobe.
Creativity for all
Adobe Creative Cloud Express in the Classroom
Engaging Video Projects in the Classroom
and many more...
Click here to find out more.
Inclusive Ed Bootcamp: How to meet the needs of a diverse range of students
How can we better meet the needs of a diverse range of students? Sign up for our Inclusive Ed Bootcamp for help and advice. A free webinar series featuring Kate Griggs, the CEO of @MadeByDyslexia.
Throughout the series you will learn about:
The best ways to support different learning needs including dyslexia.
How to use technology to make learning more accessible across all subjects.
Spotting and solving different visible and non visible barriers to learning.
Supporting students with different learning needs online and remotely.
Click here to find out more.
Free online professional development webinars for educators
Oxford University Press has a range of digital webinars to help you continue your professional development online. You can find links to recordings of previously-held webinars, as well as register your interest for upcoming sessions. The recorded webinars are available to watch on demand via Brainshark and you will receive a CPD certificate after watching each one.
Click here to find out more.
Financial Education - Free Online Teacher Training
Complete a free online course, in your own time and at your own speed…
The engaging eLearning courses are self-paced and take between 1.5-2.5 hours to complete. Along the way you will:
Learn how financial education can be made real and relevant to the young people you work with
See where financial education most effectively fits within your curriculum
Discover key tools to assist in the development of financial education
Find out how to access further support and resources to aid financial education delivery
Develop a financial education Action Plan for your own
Click here to find out more.
Developing Reading for Pleasure
Join the Open Learn FREE Developing Reading for Pleasure badged online course.
Developing the skill to read and the will to read are interrelated, however, this course focuses on the latter; it is an exploration of Reading for Pleasure and its significance for children’s lives and development. You will consider current research, debates and challenges that impact on children’s reading and gain knowledge and strategies to help you promote reader engagement across schools, homes and communities.
Click here to find out more.
Online PE CPD for Teachers
England Football's Online PE CPD for Teachers course is designed to increase confidence in the delivery of engaging, inclusive, high-quality Physical Education lessons through the invasion game of football.
Click here to find out more.
Free Anti-Bullying CPD online training
The following online training courses are available:
Click here to find out more.
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